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Central: Bulldogs face North Forsyth, South Forsyth this year
young players stepping
up to leadership roles.
"One of the best parts
about spring practice is
watching competitions
and seeing who wants it
more"
One returning starter
expected to carry much of
the load in the fall is
junior running back Shay
Hollis, who had a 180
yard game against
Chattahoochee last season
out of the Bulldogs' run
heavy Wing-T offense.
“Shay Hollis is a
power back with speed."
Bennett said. "It’s rare to
have someone that big
with speed.
"But ultimately, we
will go as far as our
offensive line goes. I'm
glad our center is coming
back, and I’ve been
pleased with what I've
seen from our line."
The defense will look a
bit different under new
defensive coordinator
Bradley Foster.
Foster, who coached at
Cherokee County last
season, brings an excite¬
ment to the defense.
Bennett said.
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Ashway: Braves’ offense revolves around 40-year-old part-timer
Other teams have had
him stick it to them,
often in gut-wrenching
fashion. We’ve cheered
him. but we've never
serenaded him with
lengthy, heart-felt
chants like the disheart¬
ened denizens of Shea
Stadium
When Chipper was
honored in St. Louis
and Cincinnati recently
— two of the best base
bail towns in America,
where they really
appreciate good play
and good people — it
was time to stop and
consider: just how good
SPORTS BRIEFS
Lambert soccer camp
The annual Lambert Soccer Camp
will be conducted this summer by
the Longhorns' 2012 state champion
coaching staff.This camp provides a
great chance to bridge the gap
between spring and fall club sea¬
sons.
The camp will be held from June
11-14 with June 15 scheduled as a
weather makeup day.
The camp will also be ehld from
July 9-12 with July 13 scheduled as a
weather makeup day.
In each month's camp, ages 4-12
will participate from 10 a.m. to noon,
while children 13 and up (to high
school) will participate from 1-3 p.m.
The cost of camp is $100 and you
can pay either online at www.lamb
ertsoccer.com or by check (made out
to "Lambert Soccer Booster Club").
Children can be signed up for both
camps.
Lambert cheer camp
Lambert's varsity cheerleaders will
hold their third annual Lil' Longhorn
Cheerleading Camp this summer.
There are two camp options, June
11-14 and June 25-28, both from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lambert High
School.
The Camp is open to girls ages
4-12. Lil' Longhorns will receive
instruction on jumps, motions,
cheers and dances, and will perform
for friends and family at the end of
camp.
They will also be invited to cheer
pre- game with the Longhorn varsity
cheerleaders at the first home Friday
night game of the season.The regis¬
tration fee is $125 and will include a
campT-shirt, certificate of participa¬
tion and spirit gifts. Register online
at www.forsythco.com or at the Old
Atlanta Park Recreation Center on
Nichols Rd.
Forsyth Central soccer camp
Forsyth Central girls soccer coach
Michelle Vonhaz will hold a Bulldog
Soccer Camp for ages 7-14 from 9
a.m. to noon, June 11-15. Cost is $82.
Forsyth Central softball camp
Forsyth Central softball coach
Carissa Bull will hold a Bulldog
Softball C8mp for ages 7-14 from 9
a.m. to noon, June 11-14. Cost is $82.
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
"(Fosterj has a get-to
the-football mindset,"
Bennett said, I’m
already very impressed
with what I’ve seen from
the defense. Players like
senior defensive lineman
Ruben Rubio have
worked hard."
The Bulldogs move
from Region 7-A AAA to
the newly aligned Region
7A-AAAAA this season,
where they’ll look to
improve upon last year's
2-8 record. Their subre
gion includes two return¬
ing opponents from last
season. Sequoyah and
Crcekview, as well as
North Springs.
Northview and newly
created Cambridge.
"We have a good team
that will go out and play
hard." Bennett said “I'm
excited about this team
to see what they can do."
“We expect to compete
with every team we play.
There isn't one team that
we don’t want to play."
Though the Bulldogs
will not be in a region with
any other Forsyth County
schools the next two years,
they will face South
a player is Chipper
Jones?
After analyzing the
numbers, there’s no
doubt. Chipper Jones is
one of the best third
basemen ever to play
the game. He should be
a first ballot Hall of
Famer when he
becomes eligible in
2018.
One mark of an out¬
standing hitter is the
"3-4-5" formula: a 300
batting average, a .400
on-base percentage,
and a .500 slugging
percentage. Coming
into this season.
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South Forsyth cheer camp
South Forsyth High School's varsi¬
ty competition Cheerleading team
and coaches will hold their annual
cheerleading mini camp for girls 4-12
years of age, July 16-20, from 9 a.m.
to noon each day at South Forsyth
High School.
Participants will learn original War
Eagle cheers as well as instruction
on motions, jumps, basic cheer,
stunts and tumbling from the six
time GHSA state cheer title champi¬
ons.
The registration fee is $125 and
includes daily spirit gifts, snacks and
drinks, a SFHS cheerleader school
calendar, certificate of participation
and a campT-shirt. All family and
friends are invited to a camper per¬
formance to be held the last day of
camp at 11 a.m..
Register online at Forsyth County
Parks & Recreation: www.forsythco.
com/parks or visit the Sharon
Springs Park Office, located at 1950
Sharon Springs Road in Cumming,
Monday through Friday from 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information call (770)
781-2221.
North Forsyth basketball
camps
North Forsyth girls basketball
coach Eric Herrick will hold a camp
for girls ages 7-14 from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. June 11-14.This is a fundamen¬
tal day camp designed to work on all
aspects of basketball in a fun and
competitive setting.
North will hold Sunday Shooting
Clinics for ages 10 and up from 2-4
p.m. June 3,10 and 24, and July 15
and 22. Cost is $25 per clinic or $100
for all five.
Thsi is an advanced skill develop¬
ment camp with an emphasis on
improving the campers' shooting
ability.
North will host an Offensive Skills
Camp for boys and girls ages seven
and up from 9-11 a.m. Jul 16-18.
This camp is designed to improve
the players' offensive abilities in the
areas of shooting, footwork, ballhan¬
dling and scoring ability.
Calendar items
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Forsyth County News via e-mail at
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Forsyth Central assistant coach Greg Dirst instructs players during spring practice earlier this month
at the Bulldogs' field.
Forsyth and North Forsyth
in non-region games. The
Bulldogs haven't faced
Chipper’s career num¬
bers were .304, .402,
and .533.
In all of baseball his¬
tory. according to Cliff
Corcoran of si.com.
only six players with
10.000 plate appearanc¬
es achieved that tnfec
(a: Babe Ruth. Ty
Cobb, Stan Musial. Tris
Speaker. Frank Thomas
and Mel Ott.
Drop the limit to
9.000 plate appearanc¬
es, and you include
Rogers Hornsby and
Ted Williams.
That’s some pretty
fine company. And
North since 2007.
I’m glad we get to
play North and South
among those greats.
Chipper is the only
third baseman.
Only 10 third base
men have been
enshrined in the Hall,
and Chipper ranks with
the best He'll soon
pass George Brett for
the most runs scored,
and will also pass Brett
and Mike Schmidt for
the most RBI
His home run total
(454) trails only
Schmidt (548) and
Eddie Mathews (512).
He would be the sev¬
enth to notch a career
batting average above
msr’s
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(Forsyth) this year,"
Bennett said. ‘The com
munity always likes it
.300.
No, he wasn’t quite
Schmidt or Brooks
Robinson with the
glove, but he still
makes the charging,
bare-handed pick-up.
throw-out-at-first play
as well as anyone.
If you'd like to use a
more modem, saber
metric stat. try Wins
Above Replacement.
This stat measures a
player’s value to a team
relative to replacing
him with another player
off the bench or from
the minors.
According to
when teams like that play
each other, and the guys
like playing them."
Baseball-Reference,
com. Chipper ranks
fourth among third
basemen in WAR,
behind only Schmidt,
Mathews and Wade
Boggs.
Among third basemen
since 1990 (Chipper’s
era), Chipper ranks first
by a wide margin over
Scott Rolen, Robin
Vemura and Adrian
Beltre.
So let the celebration
continue. When we’re
watching Chipper
Jones, we’re watching
one of baseball’s all
time greats.